Christophe Assenmacher, Head of Urology at Clinics of Europe (Cliniques de l’Europe) St Elizabeth’s and Trainer in Robotic Surgery, gives an informed perspective of expanded use of medical robots. “Take the surgeon,” he explains, talking to Robotics Tomorrow, “While they spend years studying, their ability to function under pressure, make precise movements and many other […]
Sept. 10 — The situation on the Greek island of Lesbos where the Moria refugee camp was burned down is clearly a humanitarian catastrophe. It is not clear how many refugees are left without shelter—official reports say 3,500, others say 12,000 refugees are stranded in empty fields. A second fire destroyed more of the camp […]
As the drumbeat for war grows louder, and the near-misses in the air and near-collisions at sea more numerous, it is more urgent than ever that a summit of major powers happen, as soon as possible. The escalation in rhetoric against Russia and Putin over the narrative being spread about the Navalny “poisoning” — being […]
Excerpts from Panel 1 of the September 5-6 Schiller Institute conference. Watch the whole panel here: https://youtu.be/np673ypliKM Speakers include: Helga Zepp-LaRoucheFounder and chairwoman of the Schiller InstituteGreetings and Opening Remarks Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr. (1922-2019)Speech delivered to the 2000 Labor Day Schiller Institute conference Andrey KortunovDirector General of the Russian International Affairs CouncilThe Strategic Implications […]
Register for Sept. 5-6 Schiller Institute Conference This week’s webcast is an abbreviated promotional for this weekend’s Schiller Institute conference. Helga discusses why this conference is necessary, given the strategic tensions and dangers which are growing. In the last days, there have been numerous “near misses” of U.S. aircraft with Russian planes, near collisions at […]
German government spokesman Steffan Siebert has reported that according to toxicology tests performed on Alexei Navalny’s blood samples by a German military lab, there is now “unequivocal proof” that the Russian opposition figure was poisoned by a nerve agent of the Novichok family, Reuters reported. Predictably, this has unleashed a wave of indignant responses from […]
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced the completion of its Phase 6 review—the last and final phase—of the Design Certification Application (DCA) for NuScale’s small modular reactor (SMR) and have issued the Final Safety Evaluation Report (FSER). With this final approval customers can proceed with plans to develop NuScale power plants with the understanding […]
The University of Alabama has climbed to #1 in the COVID-19 rankings amongst major American universities. Their main campus at Tuscaloosa climbed over the 1,000 mark after only nine days of school, now totaling 1,063. If CNN’s figure of around 8,700 cases currently for all U.S. colleges and universities is correct, then this one campus […]
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in France yesterday, where he met with French President Macron. A meeting with Foreign Minister Le Drian was planned for today, as part of European tour he is undertaking. The meeting with France is particularly important, given France’s position in the EU, which relationship China is also intent on […]
Following the disastrous bellicosity against Trump and whole sections of the American people which characterized the Democratic Party convention, the Republican convention has provided a notable contrast. This was especially evident in Senator Rand Paul’s comments about how President Trump is the first President in a generation who has not started a new war, and […]